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Dubai-Stay Different

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Dubai Aquarium, Ski Dubai and The Marina Sailing in The Persian Gulf The sacred animal and ship of the desert, Camels,juxtaposed by the SUV's going in opposite directions seems so poetic and symbolic as the past and the future meet in the all encompassing Then and Now in harmony...and yet... The  desert  seems empty but hides many possibilities.  

2017-Now Verses Yet

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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari There is the tyrany of NOW verses the power of YET A teacher should always be a student of life.   As an Expat,  EVERY DAY I  have to go out of  my  mind to come to my senses. I choose Travel to do just that, and it  offers a Eureka  moment where becoming is better than being. If money is life's report card, I am giving myself a grade of "not yet" — America always offers that pat on the back, that nudge--- "You’re not yet there. But you will be, you can be; just keep going.". Same here in Doha, in the richest country per capita, in the world. I am in front of a sports car (not mine)- reminding myself that the best things in life aren't THINGS---they are people and places. I have chosen a life of "purchasing experiences" rather than stuff. It has made all the difference. Still, my  inner neanderthal   has,  on occassion,  jumped  in that (type of) car and put the pedal to the met...